Fountain-dauber.



No. 779,503. PATENTED JAN. 10, 1905. If. D. E. ROBBINS.

FOUNTAIN DAUBER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1904.

I L3 3 fffi v m UNITED STATES Patented January 10, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

FOUNTAlN-DAUBER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,503, dated January 10, 1905. Application filed May '7, 1904. Serial No. 206,927.

To a, whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK D. E. ROB- BINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lansing, in the county of Ingham and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fountain-Daubers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fountain-daubers, the object of the invention being to provide a hand-operated fountain dauber or brush for spreading liquid blacking or any other liquid upon boots, shoes, or other objects, the parts of the dauber being so constructed and relatively arranged that the dauber-head extends at an angle to the handle portion, while the latter forms a reservoir for the liquid and supplies the same automatically and in the proper quantity to the dauber or brush as the latter passes along or over the surface being treated.

A further object of the invention is to provide a removable dauber-head, so as to enable interchangeable daubers or brushes to be used in connection with the hollow handle; also, to provide a dripcup for catching any surplus liquid and conducting the same back to the reservoir; also, to provide a dauber which will hold back a portion of the liquid in the reservoir and prevent the too rapid flow of the same to the dauber-head or brush.

lVith the above and other objects in View the invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts herein fully described, illustrated, an d claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section through a fountain-dauber embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view of a dauberhead detached from the handle.

Like reference-numerals designate corresponding parts in both figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a hollow handle, which under the preferred embodiment of this invention is made tapering from its larger receiving or filling end toward the discharge end, to which the dauber-head is connected. At the larger end the hollow handle is provided with a filling-nozzle 2, threaded to receive a correspondingly-tl1readed filling-cap 3, which is provided with an annular flange 4 at its inner edge, between which and an annular shoulder 5 at the end of the handle is interposed a gasket 6 to provide a liquid-tight joint. The handle 1 being hollo'w forms a receptacle or reservoir for liquid, such as blacking, which is fed automatically to the dauber-head hereinafter more particularly described. At the end opposite the filling-opening 2 the hollow handle or reservoir is provided with a hollow angular extension or elbow 7, containinga diaphragm 8, provided with an outlet-opening 9, through which the liquid may flow. Beyond the diaphragm 8 the extension is threaded interiorly to form a socket 10, which receives the exteriorlV-threaded cap 11 of the dauber-head or brush 12, the said cap being provided with an opening 13 in line with the opening 9 in order that the liquid may pass into the body of the dauber or brush 12, a portion of the bristles or other material of the brush being removed about centrally, as shown at 14, to assist in conducting the liquid through all parts of the brush or dauber. I

The cap 11 is provided with an annular shoulder 15, between which and a corresponding shoulder 16 at the extremity of the threaded socket 10 is interposed a gasket 17 to provide a liquid-tight joint between the dauberhead and the handle. Extending outward from the shoulder 15 is a flange 18, which encircles the brush or dauber and leaves suiticient space outside of the brush to form a drip-cup for catching surplus liquid and conducting the same back to the reservoir when the brush is inverted or turned upward.

At or near the junction of the main body of the handle 1 with the angular extension or elbow 7 there is arranged a dam 19, extending part way across the end of the handle, said dam serving to check the too rapid flow of the liquid into the extension 7, and consequently to the brush or dauber 12.

The dauber may consist of an ordinary bristle-brush, as shown at 12, or said dauber may consist of sponge or felt or other absorbent material, as shown at 20 in Fig. 2, and a series of interchangeable dauber-heads of different characters may be provided and substituted one for the other in connectionwith the reservoir or handle.

By holding the handle at a suitable angle, according to the amount of liquid contained in the reservoir, said liquid may be allowed to flow in any desired quantity to the brush, and by elevating the brush and correspondingly lowering the butt-end of the handle the flow of the liquid may be temporarily suspended, the dam 19 aidingmateriall y in this respect.

I do not desire to be limited to the construction and arrangement hercinabove described and accordingly reserve the right to make such changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction as properly fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is A dauber for boots, shoes and for other purposes comprising a reservoir having at one end a screw-threaded inlet closed by a screwthreaded cover, the reservoir decreasing in size so as to form a reduced opposite end which is provided with a right-angular elbow, a diaphragm in said elbow provided with a central opening, a screw-threaded socket below the diaphragm having a central opening in communication with the opening of the diaphragm, said socket having an edge flange, a screwthreaded cap having a drip-cup therewith mounted in the socket and provided with a flange which coacts with the flange of the socket, and a dauber secured to the cap having an opening which communicates with the opening of the diaphragm and that of the cap.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED. D. E. ROBBINS. Witnesses:

EDWIN H. PORTER, H. R. PRATT. 

